Victorville Municipal Code Ch. 17.56 Monuments, Bench Marks and Lot Stakes

(a) Monuments installed on the boundary of a subdivision as to which a final map is required shall be set at all accessible angle points in the boundary of the subdivision at intervals not to exceed five hundred feet along the subdivision boundary on tangent courses or curves one thousand feet or more in length at the intersections of all street side and centerlines with the subdivision boundary at all street centerline intersections at the beginning and ending of curves on street centerline and at other locations that may be specified by the city engineer. In no case shall there be less than two monuments on any exterior subdivision boundary or less than two street monuments in any street. Street monuments shall be on centerlines or offset as directed by the city engineer.

(b) Monuments installed on the boundary of a subdivision as to which a parcel map based upon a field survey is required shall conform to all the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, except that monuments shall not be required at five hundred-foot intervals along the subdivision boundary on tangent courses or curves one thousand feet or more in length.

(c) Monuments installed on the boundary of a subdivision for which a final map is required shall be not less than two inches inside diameter iron pipe. Monuments installed on the boundary of a subdivision for which a parcel map is required shall be not less than one inch inside diameter iron pipe. Monuments otherwise marking street centerlines and street centerline intersections shall be a minimum of one inch inside diameter iron pipe. All monuments set must be identified with the registered engineer or surveyor making the survey. In addition to the requirements set forth in this chapter, monuments shall conform to the Standard Specifications for Public Improvements for the city.

(Ord. 999 § 1 (part), 1985)

For each centerline intersection monument set and such other monuments as are deemed necessary by the city engineer, the engineer or surveyor under whose supervision the survey has been made shall furnish the city engineer a set of notes showing clearly a sufficient number, normally four, of durable distinctive reference points. Such reference points should be lead and tacks in concrete. If no concrete exists, then iron pipes may be used. The notes to be furnished shall be on eight and one-half inch to eleven inch paper and shall be a plan review showing the monument ties.

(Ord. 999 § 1 (part), 1985)

A minimum of two permanent and accurate bench marks based on datum specified in writing by the city engineer for each subdivision for which a final map is required shall be established on the monuments or other locations specified by the city engineer and complete field notes showing locations and elevations shall be filed with the city engineer. Additional bench marks may be required by the city engineer for subdivisions of fifty lots or more. For subdivisions as to which a parcel map is required, the number and location of bench marks shall be as directed by thc city engineer.

(Ord. 999 § 1 (part), 1985)

Lot corners for lots within a subdivision for which a final map is required and interior corners of parcels within subdivisions for which a parcel map is required shall be marked with minimum three-quarter inch inside diameter iron pipe or two by two inch redwood stakes. In either case, the markers shall be identified by the number of the registered engineer or land surveyor surveying the subdivision, the number being legibly stamped on the lead and tack or attached noncorrosive tag. Similarly marked iron pipes or redwood stakes shall be used to monument offers of dedication and the beginning and ending of right-of-way returns for such offers of dedication.

(Ord. 999 § 1 (part), 1985)